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Local history, personal profiles, and editorials on the people, places, and things that make up the Franklin County, PA and Washington County, MD areas.
Within the lush Appalachian landscape of the modern-day Mason-Dixon Line region, remnants of history remind locals of the area’s illustrious past, centered around...
Editor’s note: The following was submitted by Dr. Erica Vinson-Ondecko, early childhood coordinator for the Waynesboro Area School District. At Waynesboro Area School...
I’m not much of a morning person. Never really have been. I’d much rather stay up late and sleep in than get up...
Mont Alto State Park was the second park established in Pennsylvania’s commonwealth system. The first state park created before it is nationally known...
Editor’s note: The following letter was written to Dr. Margo DelliCarpini, vice president and executive chancellor for Penn State University’s commonwealth campuses, by...
Okay, anyone who has any kind of connections to Mother Nature, please ask for a nice day on April 13. Why, you may...
The stories that emerge from the vast expanses of the running world never cease to amaze me. They capture my imagination and give...
HAGERSTOWN – During the infancy of Western Maryland’s most prominent town, city leaders took several years to decide on its official name. A...
So I’ve been thinking about the word broken and the fact that it has such a negative connotation. Indeed, there are people in...
More than a century ago, two homicides shocked Franklin County’s citizens. These dual crimes, committed 25 years apart, shared common themes. Each victim died at the hands...
